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Which adventures would you like to see fan-translated?
I was browsing recently the old German site http://www.adventure-archiv.com and I realized that are more than 300 adventure games that were never released in English! So, which of them would you like to see fan-translated? Single games only not whole series, please.
Here’s my list, in no specific order:
Mortadelo & Filemon 5 - Operation Moscow
Petka 3 - The Return Of Alaska
Galador - The Prince And The Coward
Pilot Brothers 3 - The Other Side of the Earth
Black Sails - The Ghost Ship
A Stroke Of Fate 2 - Operation Bunker
Sunrise - The Game
Monday Begins on Saturday
Julia - Innocent Eyes
Night Watcher
Vandell - Knight of the Tortured Souls
The Bad, the Ugly and the Sober (a.k.a. West Law)
Mama Don’t Cry
Black Sails. I liked the look of it when it came out and was disappointed to never see a release in English.
Have not heard of most of the others.
1 1/2 Knights, probably the only instance where a game is better than the movie. 
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I vote for Mortadelo & Filemon 5 - Operation Moscow, I would definitely have loved to see a fan translation of that 
I’ve been in contact with the development team, and they say it’s extremely unlikely that they would ever do an English translation themselves due to copyright issues etc. I love the graphics of the Mortadelo & Filemon series, and they’re games I’ve been wanting to play for years, so a fan translation would be highly appreciated!
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I would like to see Full Pipe as well, with English voice acting .
but aside from this thread main point which is to translate games that never released by other languages than its native one, i want to see some kind of an evolution for voicing 1000s of English AGS and Adventures came out with text only.
i know its a hard and difficult job as we must consider that when Devs release their Games/products they actually never look back on it again and that a fact with any kind of art ,thy wanna call it a project and move on , (expect for vohaul’s revenge) ,
but what if there is a publishing Indie company that its only job to work on recording voice overs and re-release those AGS and adventures again fully Voiced.
that job would not need a headquarter it could be done online , all is needed is a Studio with a Sound engineer and volunteers all around the world to send their recordings however Quality they will and it is up to the studio and the S.Eng to work on them to adjust and Normalize all , so they would sound as they were taken at the same room and under the same surrounding with same levels.
I’d be happy if all those games just had subtitles in English.
The voices can remain in the original language.
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
I’d be happy if all those games just had subtitles in English.
The voices can remain in the original language.
is that just an opposite opinion than mine ... 
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is that just an opposite opinion than mine ...
Yes. But mine is more cost-efficient… 
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
is that just an opposite opinion than mine ...
Yes. But mine is more cost-efficient…
Aahhh , i did not know its you sponsoring this idea
is that just an opposite opinion than mine ...
Yes. But mine is more cost-efficient…
Unfortunately I fear it isn’t very profit-efficient. Yoomurjak’s Ring and Conspiracies did it, both very good games, and we barely hear about them.
I think a lot of sites simply refuse to review non-English spoken games, and many gamers refuse to play them.
The expectation of games to be fully voiced was as detrimental to adventure games as it was to RPGs; to keep costs down, all the interesting text tended to reduced to fewer descriptions and shorter conversations. And usually with atrocious voice-acting.
Given the low-budget nature of the genre, I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a single adventure game voice-over between Dreamfall and Gemini Rue (though with things like Walking Dead, Virtue’s Last Reward, the new Larry etc there’s been quite a few good ones recently).
I still want Memento Mori 2 and don’t really care if they get it voiced or not. I just want to plaaaaay iiiiiit.
I think a lot of sites simply refuse to review non-English spoken games, and many gamers refuse to play them.
There’s plenty of Japanese ones that get praise (Ever-17 being one of the best). FMV games are the worst candidates for non-English games (Conspiracies did have English voice-overs anyway?).
I think a lot of sites simply refuse to review non-English spoken games, and many gamers refuse to play them.
There’s plenty of Japanese ones that get praise (Ever-17 being one of the best). FMV games are the worst candidates for non-English games (Conspiracies did have English voice-overs anyway?).
Yes well, Palme d’Or winning films get praise but they don’t make much money. You’d be surprised how many people won’t watch foreign films. I can tell you if Monkey Island 3 was in Spanish with English subs, it certainly wouldn’t be one of the most popular and most loved AGs it is today.
All I know is the games and companies not doing full English acting (not just voiceovers) have tended to disappear. I don’t want that, I want them doing more games because I like what I’ve played. But at the same time I’m with you, I am very happy with just subtitles.
Yes well, Palme d’Or winning films get praise but they don’t make much money. You’d be surprised how many people won’t watch foreign films. I can tell you if Monkey Island 3 was in Spanish with English subs, it certainly wouldn’t be one of the most popular and most loved AGs it is today.
Yeah, I can agree with you that it can definitely hurt the selling potential - Fester Mudd’s a good example of something that got a lot of flack for not having it. But a lot of it depends on the platform - Ace Attorney did very well despite not having any voices and being very text heavy.
It costs a LOT to have a really good voice-over and a terrible one makes the game come across even worse than if it was text only. The few games that genuinely benefit from voiceovers are the ones with the budget to do it well (King’s Quest V is certainly a lot better without 
)
Would love to see Ace Attorney Investigations 2 translated into English since there’s no chance for localisation now, being a DS game. Perhaps Capcom will decide to bring it over to our shores for iOS and Android
I’ve added links to screenshots for those who haven’t even heard of those games.
Mortadelo & Filemon 5 - Operation Moscow screenshots
Petka 3 - The Return Of Alaska screenshots
Galador - The Prince And The Coward screenshots
Pilot Brothers 3 - The Other Side of the Earth screenshots
Black Sails - The Ghost Ship screenshots
A Stroke Of Fate 2 - Operation Bunker screenshots
Sunrise - The Game screenshots
Monday Begins on Saturday screenshots
Julia - Innocent Eyes screenshots
Night Watcher screenshots
Vandell - Knight of the Tortured Souls screenshots
The Bad, the Ugly and the Sober (a.k.a. West Law) screenshots
Mama Don’t Cry screenshots
Come on guys, I’m still waiting for YOUR list with games you’d like to see fan-translated.
There are literally hundreds of adventure games out there, without even counting the Japanese visual novel adventures.
The only game i want to be translated, was once in development for DS, still no
news, what the hell Suda51 is thinking is beyond me…..
This game had better writing and story than Flower,Sun and Rain still…..
It had first person segments to explore and solve puzzles, combined with great
art and music by Takada( NoMoreHeoes, DanganRonpa and Killer7).
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